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Hudson Institute, was founded in 1961, the [http://www.hudson.org/ Hudson Institute] is a right wing think tank 'dedicated to thinking about the future from a contrarian point of view,' according to its literature. It has been funded by, amongst others: AgrEvo, Dow AgroSciences, [[Sourcewatch:Monsanto|Monsanto]], Novartis Crop Protection, Zeneca, Du Pont, DowElanco, ConAgra, Cargill, Procter & Gamble.   
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[[Image:Hudson_institute.jpg‎ ||250px|thumb|right|Hudson Institute logo circa 2015, Credit: [https://bizgovsocfive.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/the-hudson-institute/ Business, Government and Society Five] ]]
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The '''Hudson Institute''' was founded in 1961. It is a right wing think tank "dedicated to thinking about the future from a contrarian point of view", according to its literature. <ref>As of 2009 this description has disappeared from the Hudson Institute's website, but it can still be found on the WorthwhileLink.com website, at "[http://www.worthwhilelink.com/search/index.php3?category=263 Literature and Culture/U.S. Culture]", WorthwhileLink.com website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
  
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The Hudson Institute has published books and reports on everything from military strategy and national security, to agriculture and the environment, to trade, labor, and economic development, to health care, welfare, and education, but the primary focus is on 'free trade' and competitive enterprise and a strong military. (Founder Herman Kahn was a physicist and military strategist who suggested that nuclear war was winnable).
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The Hudson Institute has been funded by, amongst others: [[AgrEvo]], [[Dow Chemical|Dow AgroSciences]], [[Monsanto]], [[Novartis]] Crop Protection, [[AstraZeneca|Zeneca]], [[DuPont]], [[Dow Chemical|Dow Elanco]], [[ConAgra]], [[Cargill]], [[Procter & Gamble]].<ref>Hudson Institute 2002 Annual Report, cited by [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hudson_Institute Sourcewatch]</ref>   
  
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[http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hudson_scholars 'Hudson Scholars'] who specialise in 'biotechnology' include [[Michael Fumento]], a Senior Fellow, [[Dennis Avery]], a Senior Fellow and Director of the [[Center for Global Food Issues]] at the Hudson Institute; and [[Alex Avery]], director of research and education at the Center for Global Food Issues. All have published numerous articles.
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The Hudson Institute has published books and reports on everything from military strategy and national security, to agriculture and the environment, to trade, labor, and economic development, to health care, welfare, and education, but the primary focus is on 'free trade' and competitive enterprise and a strong military. (Founder [[Herman Kahn]] was a physicist and military strategist who suggested that nuclear war was winnable.)<ref>Herman Kahn, On Thermonuclear War, Greenwood Press, 1978</ref>
  
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== Funding ==
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One of the Hudson Institute's fundraising pages carries quotes from "our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends". One quote is from [[Henry Kissinger]], former US national security advisor and secretary of state in the Nixon administration, who says:
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:Hudson Institute is today one of America's foremost policy research centers, in the forefront of study and debate on important domestic and international policy issues, known and respected around the globe, a leader in innovative thinking and creative solutions to the challenges of the present and the future. <ref>"[http://www.hudson.org/invest/index.cfm?fuseaction=appreciation Meet our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends]", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
  
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From 1987 – 2002, Hudson received $12,346,203 from 183 grants from only 8 right-wing foundations:
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==Biotechnology specialists==
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"Hudson Scholars" listed as specializing in "biotechnology" on the Hudson Institute website in 2002 include [[Michael Fumento]], a Senior Fellow, [[Dennis Avery]], a Senior Fellow and Director of the [[Center for Global Food Issues]] at the Hudson Institute; and [[Alex Avery]], director of research and education at the Center for Global Food Issues.<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20020917143242/http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hudson_scholars Hudson scholars]", Hudson Institute website, version archived 17 September 2002, accessed in web archive March 23 2009</ref> All have published numerous articles.
  
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*[[Castle Rock Foundation]]
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==Avery's organic scares==
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*[[Earhart Foundation]]
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Dennis Avery has published many articles attacking organic farming. In ''American Outlook'' magazine, which is published by the Hudson Institute, Avery claimed that "Organic foods have clearly become the deadliest food choice" on the basis that organic farms use animal manure, which Avery said can carry dangerous E. coli bacteria.<ref>Avery, Dennis T. 1998c. The Hidden Dangers in Organic Food. American Outlook Magazine 1(3):19-22, Fall.</ref>
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*[[JM Foundation]]
 
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*[[Koch Family Foundations]] (David H. Koch Foundation)
 
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*[[John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.]]
 
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
 
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*[[Scaife Foundations]] (Scaife Family, Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage)
 
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*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]
 
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According to its 2001 Annual Report, the last available on its web-site, Hudson received some  $7,108,000 in income. The following are members of the Hudson Trustees’ Circle having donated more than $25,000 – it is not the full list[3]:
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''New York Times'' journalist Marian Burros replied to Avery in an article, "Eating well: Anti-organic, and flawed", detailing what she called the "untrue" claims of Avery about organic farming and food. Burros writes that:
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*conventional farms also use animal manure as fertilizer, but organic farms, unlike conventional farms, have rules to ensure its safety
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*contrary to Avery's claim, the Center for Food Safety and Nutrition had never warned against "higher levels of natural toxins" in organic foods
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*the foods that caused E. coli-related food poisoning were not, as Avery claimed, organic.
  
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AT&T Foundation
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Burros concluded:
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:The attack on organic food by a well-financed research organization suggests that, though organic food accounts for only 1 percent of food sales in the United States, the conventional food industry is worried. <ref>Marian Burros, "[http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/17/dining/eating-well-anti-organic-and-flawed.html Eating well: Anti-organic, and flawed]", New York Times, 17 February 1999, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
  
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W.H. Brady Foundation
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== Funding ==
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Capital Group Companies, Inc.
 
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Castle Rock Foundation
 
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Eli Lilly and Company
 
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Enron Corporation
 
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Estee Lauder Philanthropic Foundation
 
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FMC Corporation
 
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General Atomics
 
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The German Marshall Fund of the United States
 
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Indiana Chamber of Commerce
 
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 
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Lilly Endowment, Inc.
 
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Microsoft Corporation
 
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John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
 
  
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Between 1987 and 2006, the Institute received 273 grants totaling $17,722,643 from a range of foundations including: <ref>"[http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?160 Hudson Institute, Inc.]", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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* [[Castle Rock Foundation]]
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* [[Earhart Foundation]]
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* [[F.M. Kirby Foundation]]
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* [[John M. Olin Foundation]], Inc.
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* [[JM Foundation]]
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* [[Koch Family Foundations]] (David H. Koch Foundation)
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* [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
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* [[Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation]]
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* [[Scaife Foundation]] (Scaife Family, Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage)
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* [[Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation]]
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* [[Smith Richardson Foundation]]
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* [[Walton Family Foundation]]
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* [[William H. Donner Foundation]]
  
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Pfizer, Inc.
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====After 2006====
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* [[Donors Trust]]: $57,000 in 2014, $20,000 in 2013, $50,000 in 2012 <ref> Donors Trust, 990 Form, 2014 </ref><ref> Donors Trust, 990 Form, 2013 </ref><ref> Donors Trust, 990 Form, 2012 </ref>
  
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Sarah Scaife Foundation
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===Hudson Trustees' Circle - $25,000+===
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According to its 2002 Annual Report, the following are members of the Hudson Trustees’ Circle which donated more than $25,000 – it is not the full list: <ref>"[http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=2972&pubType=HI_AnnualReports 2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report]", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
  
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Smith Richardson Foundation
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*[[Conrad Black|Lord Black of Crossharbour]]
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*[[Capital Group Companies, Inc.]]
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*[[Eli Lilly and Company]]
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*[[Fannie Mae Corporation]]
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*[[General Atomics]]
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*[[German Marshall Fund of the United States]]
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*[[The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
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*[[W.K. Kellogg Foundation]]
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*[[Lilly Endowment, Inc.]]
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*[[Monsanto]] Company
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*[[The Pew Charitable Trusts]]
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*[[Pfizer, Inc.]]
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*[[Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America]]
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*[[Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation]]
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*[[Syngenta]] Crop Protection, Inc.
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*[[Walton Family Foundation, Inc.]]
  
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The Starr Foundation
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===Hudson Chairman's Circle — $10,000.00+===
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According to its 2002 Annual Report, funders in this group include: <ref>"[http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=2972&pubType=HI_AnnualReports 2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report]", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
  
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*[[American Farm Bureau Federation]]
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*[[Dow Chemical|Dow AgroSciences]]
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*[[DuPont]]
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*[[Eli Lilly]] and Company Foundation
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*[[Merck]] & Co., Inc.
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*[[Pioneer Hi-Bred]] International
  
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Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
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===Hudson Benefactors' Circle===
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According to its 2002 Annual Report, funders in this group include: <ref>"[http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=2972&pubType=HI_AnnualReports 2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report]", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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HUDSON CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE — ($10,000.00+)
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*[[Archer Daniels Midland]] Foundation
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*[[ISK Biosciences Corporation]]
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American Farm Bureau Federation
 
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
 
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David H. Koch Charitable Foundation
 
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ExxonMobil Foundation
 
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General Motors Corporation
 
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IMC Global, Inc.
 
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Inland Foundation, Inc.
 
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Arthur Jordan Foundation
 
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Mr. David H. Koch
 
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Sunrise Assisted Living
 
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Union Pacific Corporation
 
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Westfield Corporation, Inc.
 
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Ag Processing Inc
 
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American Cyanamid
 
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Cargill
 
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Ciba-Geigy
 
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ConAgra Foods
 
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DowElanco
 
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DuPont
 
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J Heinz
 
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McDonalds
 
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Monsanto
 
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National Agricultural Chemical Association
 
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Novartis
 
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Proctor & Gamble
 
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Sunkist Growers
 
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United Agri Products[4]
 
  
 
== Links to the Bush Administration ==
 
== Links to the Bush Administration ==
  
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Paula Dobriansky - the Under-secretary of State for Global Affairs –was an adjunct fellow  
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*[[Paula Dobriansky]] - the former Under-secretary of State for Global Affairs –was an adjunct fellow<ref>"[http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1120.html Paula Dobriansky]", Rightweb, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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*[[Mitchell E. Daniels Jr]] - former Director of the Office of Management and Budget<ref>"[http://www.inhealth.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH000116 Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.]", Institute for Health Technology Studies website, accessed March 23 2009</ref> - was in 1987 appointed chief executive officer of the Hudson Institute <ref>"[http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1024551140.html;jsessionid=52F421D88E7E7156D435FF4DB40A5051.ehctc1 Daniels Will Head Hudson Institute]", Futurist, Sep/Oct87, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p50-50, archived on EBSCO Host Connection website (subscription required for full article), accessed March 23 2009</ref>. He is a former president of [[Eli Lilly]]. He was elected 49th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2004.<ref>"[http://www.inhealth.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH000116 Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.]", Institute for Health Technology Studies website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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Mitchell E. Daniels Jr- the Director of the Office of Management and Budget was on the Hudson Board as well as the Board of the Capital Research Center.  
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*[[Wade Horn]] - the former Assistant Secretary for Children and Families was an adjunct fellow<ref>Joe Fahy, "[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6384524_ITM Hudson Institute proposes that two-parent families should have preference in receiving public aid]", Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, 9 September 1996, archived on AccessMyLibrary.com website (subscription required for full article), accessed March 23 2009.</ref>
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*[[John C. Weicher|John Weicher]] -  the former Assistant Secretary Commissioner, Federal Housing Authority in the Department of Housing and Urban Development is Director of Hudson Institute's Center for Housing and Financial Markets.<ref>"[http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=WeicherJohn John C. Weicher]", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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Wade Horn - the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families was an adjunct fellow
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*[[Elliott Abrams]] - the Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and International Operations at the [[National Security Council]] - was a Senior Fellow from 1989 to 1996.<ref>"[https://www.hudson.org/bookstore/itemdetail.cfm?item=1031 Hudson Bookstore]", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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*[[Bruno V. Manno]] - the former US Assistant Secretary of Education Policy and Planning and Chair of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, was a senior fellow.<ref>"[http://www.mediatransparency.org/pdastory.php?storyID=20 The Conservative Movement Moves In]", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009</ref><ref>"[http://www.mackinac.org/bio.aspx?ID=265 Dr. Bruno V. Manno]", Mackinac Center for Public Policy website, accessed March 23 2009</ref>
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John Weicher -  the Assistant Secretary Commissioner, Federal Housing Authority in the Department of Housing and Urban Development was director of urban policy studies at the Institute.  
 
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Elliott Abrams - the Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and International Operations at the National Security Council was a Senior Fellow from 1989 to 1996.  
 
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*[[Brunno V. Manno]] - the Chair of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, was a senior fellow[5].  
 
  
 
== Staff ==
 
== Staff ==
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== Board of Trustees ==
 
== Board of Trustees ==
  
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*[[Jeffrey T. Bergner]] – President of the PR firm Bergner, Bockorny, Castagnetti, Hawkins & Brain, Inc. Senate lobbying records show that their clients include Monsanto for which the firm was paid $100,000 in the first half of 2003. Issues the company worked on for Monsanto included “biotechnology acceptance” and the controversial growth hormone BST[6]. Other clients included Biogen, Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo Smith Kline, Petroleum Marketers Assn of America, Phrma and NewsCorp.[7]
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*[[Jeffrey T. Bergner]] – President of the PR firm Bergner, Bockorny, Castagnetti, Hawkins & Brain, Inc. Senate lobbying records for 2003 show that their clients include Monsanto for which the firm was paid $100,000 in the first half of 2003. Issues the company worked on for Monsanto include “biotechnology acceptance” and the controversial growth hormone BST. Other clients listed in the Senate lobbying records for 2003 included Biogen, Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo Smith Kline, Petroleum Marketers Assn of America, Phrma and NewsCorp.
 
*[[Conrad Black]] - ex-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hollinger International Inc, ex-owner of the Daily Telegraph  
 
*[[Conrad Black]] - ex-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hollinger International Inc, ex-owner of the Daily Telegraph  
 
*[[Linden S. Blue]] - vice chairman of General Atomics, a diversified international high technology company with world leadership positions in fusion, fission, and training research and isotope nuclear reactors.  
 
*[[Linden S. Blue]] - vice chairman of General Atomics, a diversified international high technology company with world leadership positions in fusion, fission, and training research and isotope nuclear reactors.  
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*[[Joseph Epstein]] - lecturer at Northwestern University
 
*[[Joseph Epstein]] - lecturer at Northwestern University
 
*[[Joseph M. Giglio]] - Chairman of President Reagan’s National Council on Public Works Improvement
 
*[[Joseph M. Giglio]] - Chairman of President Reagan’s National Council on Public Works Improvement
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*[[Roy Innis]] - Roy Innis is national chairman of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE) and is on the board of the [[National Rifle Association]]. Roy Innis is the father of [[Niger Innis]], the spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
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*[[Roy Innis]] - Roy Innis is national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) On the board of the National Rifle Association. In January 2004 CORE held a “Teach-In, Demand End to "Eco-Imperialism” along with Roger Bate under the guise of Africa Fighting Malaria (see AEI and IPN); Cyril Boynes, and Niger Innis from CORE, USA; Paul Driessen, from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation / CFACT/ CDFE / and ex-Greenpeace founder and industry hack Patrick Moore, as well as CS Prakash the biotech proponent (see CEI), amongst others. Niger Innes said: “We intend to stop this callous eco-manslaughter. The green movement imposes the views of mostly wealthy, comfortable Americans and Europeans on mostly poor, desperate Africans, Asians and Latin Americans. It violates their most basic human rights. CORE will lay down the gauntlet. Eco-imperialism may not be a household word yet, but it will be after this conference, the first one to address these issues” [8].  
 
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The next month in early February, the CDFE and CORE set up the [[Economic Human Rights Project]], with [[Paul Driessen]] as its Director(See more on CORE with CDFE)[9]
 
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*[[Paul J. Klaassen]] - Founder - Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Assisted Living.  
 
*[[Paul J. Klaassen]] - Founder - Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Assisted Living.  
 
*[[Marie-Josee Kravis]] – Senior Fellow at Hudson. On the Board of Ford.
 
*[[Marie-Josee Kravis]] – Senior Fellow at Hudson. On the Board of Ford.
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*[[Stephen A. Stitle]] - Banker
 
*[[Stephen A. Stitle]] - Banker
 
*[[Allan R. Tessler]] - Chairman and CEO of JNet Enterprises, Inc
 
*[[Allan R. Tessler]] - Chairman and CEO of JNet Enterprises, Inc
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*[[Jeffrey H. Thomasson]] - he is CEO & Managing Director of Oxford Financial Group, Ltd
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*[[Jeffrey H. Thomasson]] - CEO and managing director of Oxford Financial Group, Ltd
 
*Ambassador [[Curtin Winsor Jr]] - ex-Republican amdassador
 
*Ambassador [[Curtin Winsor Jr]] - ex-Republican amdassador
 
*[[John C. Wohlstetter]] - A senior fellow for technology and society with Discovery Institute
 
*[[John C. Wohlstetter]] - A senior fellow for technology and society with Discovery Institute
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== Research /Adjunct Fellows / Scholars of Interest ==
 
== Research /Adjunct Fellows / Scholars of Interest ==
  
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*[[Dennis Avery]] - Center for Global Food Issues Senior Fellow – works on agriculture and biotechnology. Avery is also on the Advisory board of ACSH (see below)[10]
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*[[Dennis Avery]] - Center for Global Food Issues Senior Fellow – works on agriculture and biotechnology. Avery is also on the Advisory board of ACSH (see below)
 
*[[Alex Avery]] – Director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at Hudson (see below).  
 
*[[Alex Avery]] – Director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at Hudson (see below).  
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*[[Micheal Fumento]] – Senior Fellow – Has done the rounds of the right. Ex- American Enterprise Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Consumer Alert, and Reason magazine[11]. On the Science Advisory Board of the Wise Use Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow along with known climate sceptics and industry apologists Sallie Baliunas C. Balling, Bruce Ames, Roger Bate, Hugh Ellsaesser, Michael Fumento, Sherwood B. Idso, Patrick J. Michaels, A. Alan Moghissi, Frederic Seitz, Gerd-Rainer Weber, and Elizabeth Whelan.[12].
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*[[Michael Fumento]] – Senior Fellow – Has done the rounds of the right. Ex- American Enterprise Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Consumer Alert, and Reason magazine[11]. On the Science Advisory Board of the Wise Use Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow along with known climate sceptics and industry apologists Sallie Baliunas C. Balling, Bruce Ames, Roger Bate, Hugh Ellsaesser, Michael Fumento, Sherwood B. Idso, Patrick J. Michaels, A. Alan Moghissi, Frederic Seitz, Gerd-Rainer Weber, and Elizabeth Whelan.
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Author of Science Under Siege, Polluted Science, The Fat of the Land, and The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS, the latter being widely criticised by Aids activists and public health officials[13]. Also been criticised for coining the term “tampon terrorism” to attack women's groups that have raised concern about dioxin in chlorine-bleached tampons[14]. In 2000, Fumento was one of the authors of “the Fears Profiteers” report on the nomorescares website of tobacco-hack and junkman Stephen Milloy (see above)[15]. A contributor to Tech Central Station.[16]
 
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Dennis Avery - Director, Center for Global Food Issues, Senior Fellow
 
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The main person behind many of the attacks on organic food is Dennis Avery, the author of the inspirationally-titled Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: The Environmental Triumph of High-Yield Farming, Avery sees himself as a missionary, promoting the high-tech farming industries: pesticides, irradiation, factory farming, and the newcomer: biotechnology[17].
 
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Alex Avery - Director of Research and Education, CGFI – Dennis Avery’s son. According to GM Watch: “He is a co-author of, 'Organic Industry Groups Spread Fear for Profit' a report launched on September 21 2000. His co-authors included Graydon Forrer, Monsanto's former head of executive communications, although the report did not disclose that Forrer was a former Monsanto employee”. The report was launched via Steven Milloy’s NoMoreScares.com - website and is still available via StopLabelingLies.com[21].
 
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==Projects==
 
==Projects==
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*[[Center for Middle East Policy]] - [[Meyrav Wurmser]] Director;
 
*[[Center for Middle East Policy]] - [[Meyrav Wurmser]] Director;
 
*[[Eye on the UN]]
 
*[[Eye on the UN]]
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*[[Rudy Boschwitz]] &ndash; former US Senator
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*[[Rudy Boschwitz]]; former US Senator
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*[[Roy Innis]] &ndash; national chairman of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE)
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*[[Roy Innis]]; national chairman of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE)
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*[[Max Singer]] &ndash; co-Founder and former President; also member of [[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]]
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*[[Max Singer]]; co-Founder and former President; also member of [[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]]
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*[[Nina Rosenwald]]; Board member of the Hudson Institute and former board member of [[Freedom House]]
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
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*'''Web address:''' http://www.hudson.org
 
*'''Web address:''' http://www.hudson.org
  
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*[1] http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=6182
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[[Category:GM]][[Category:Far-Right Think-Tanks (GM)]][[Category:GM Lobby Groups]][[Category:neocons]]
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*[2] http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?160
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*[3] 2001 Hudson Institute Annual Report
 
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*[4] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Hudson_Institute
 
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*[5] http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=2939
 
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*[6] http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/opr_gifviewer.exe?/2003/01/000/281/000281488|19
 
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*[7] http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/opr_viewer.exe?200346006REG~0
 
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*[8] CORE (2004) CORE to Hold Teach-In, Demand End to "Eco-Imperialism", Press Release, 15 January.
 
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*[9] http://www.cdfe.org/EHRP.htm
 
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*[10] http://www.acsh.org/about/advisors.html
 
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*[11] http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=FumeMich
 
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*[12] http://www.cfact.org/what_is_cfact.htm
 
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*[13] D. Helvarg (1994) The War Against the Greens, Sierra Club Books, p280.
 
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*[14] http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2001Q4/terror.html
 
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*[15] http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/usual.html
 
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*[16] http://www.Tech Central Station.com/biofumentomichael.html
 
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*[17] http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1999Q4/avery.html
 
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*[18] http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1999Q4/avery.html
 
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*[19] A. Rowell (2003) Don’t Worry – It’s Safe to Eat – the True Story of GM Food, BSE  and Foot and Mouth, Earthscan, p194-195
 
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*[20] J. Morris & R. Bate (1999) Fearing Food – Risk, Health and Environment, Butterworth, Heinemann,
 
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*[21] http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=14&page=A
 
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*[22] For more information see A. Rowell (2003) Don’t Worry It is Safe to Eat- The True Story of GM Food, BSE and Foot and Mouth, Earthscan, and http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=14&page=A
 
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Hudson Institute logo circa 2015, Credit: Business, Government and Society Five

The Hudson Institute was founded in 1961. It is a right wing think tank "dedicated to thinking about the future from a contrarian point of view", according to its literature. [1]

The Hudson Institute has been funded by, amongst others: AgrEvo, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto, Novartis Crop Protection, Zeneca, DuPont, Dow Elanco, ConAgra, Cargill, Procter & Gamble.[2]

The Hudson Institute has published books and reports on everything from military strategy and national security, to agriculture and the environment, to trade, labor, and economic development, to health care, welfare, and education, but the primary focus is on 'free trade' and competitive enterprise and a strong military. (Founder Herman Kahn was a physicist and military strategist who suggested that nuclear war was winnable.)[3]

One of the Hudson Institute's fundraising pages carries quotes from "our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends". One quote is from Henry Kissinger, former US national security advisor and secretary of state in the Nixon administration, who says:

Hudson Institute is today one of America's foremost policy research centers, in the forefront of study and debate on important domestic and international policy issues, known and respected around the globe, a leader in innovative thinking and creative solutions to the challenges of the present and the future. [4]

Biotechnology specialists

"Hudson Scholars" listed as specializing in "biotechnology" on the Hudson Institute website in 2002 include Michael Fumento, a Senior Fellow, Dennis Avery, a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute; and Alex Avery, director of research and education at the Center for Global Food Issues.[5] All have published numerous articles.

Avery's organic scares

Dennis Avery has published many articles attacking organic farming. In American Outlook magazine, which is published by the Hudson Institute, Avery claimed that "Organic foods have clearly become the deadliest food choice" on the basis that organic farms use animal manure, which Avery said can carry dangerous E. coli bacteria.[6]

New York Times journalist Marian Burros replied to Avery in an article, "Eating well: Anti-organic, and flawed", detailing what she called the "untrue" claims of Avery about organic farming and food. Burros writes that:

  • conventional farms also use animal manure as fertilizer, but organic farms, unlike conventional farms, have rules to ensure its safety
  • contrary to Avery's claim, the Center for Food Safety and Nutrition had never warned against "higher levels of natural toxins" in organic foods
  • the foods that caused E. coli-related food poisoning were not, as Avery claimed, organic.

Burros concluded:

The attack on organic food by a well-financed research organization suggests that, though organic food accounts for only 1 percent of food sales in the United States, the conventional food industry is worried. [7]

Funding

Between 1987 and 2006, the Institute received 273 grants totaling $17,722,643 from a range of foundations including: [8]

After 2006

Hudson Trustees' Circle - $25,000+

According to its 2002 Annual Report, the following are members of the Hudson Trustees’ Circle which donated more than $25,000 – it is not the full list: [12]

Hudson Chairman's Circle — $10,000.00+

According to its 2002 Annual Report, funders in this group include: [13]

Hudson Benefactors' Circle

According to its 2002 Annual Report, funders in this group include: [14]

Links to the Bush Administration

  • Paula Dobriansky - the former Under-secretary of State for Global Affairs –was an adjunct fellow[15]
  • Mitchell E. Daniels Jr - former Director of the Office of Management and Budget[16] - was in 1987 appointed chief executive officer of the Hudson Institute [17]. He is a former president of Eli Lilly. He was elected 49th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2004.[18]
  • Wade Horn - the former Assistant Secretary for Children and Families was an adjunct fellow[19]
  • John Weicher - the former Assistant Secretary Commissioner, Federal Housing Authority in the Department of Housing and Urban Development is Director of Hudson Institute's Center for Housing and Financial Markets.[20]
  • Elliott Abrams - the Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and International Operations at the National Security Council - was a Senior Fellow from 1989 to 1996.[21]
  • Bruno V. Manno - the former US Assistant Secretary of Education Policy and Planning and Chair of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, was a senior fellow.[22][23]

Staff

  • Herbert I. London – President. In 1990, he was the Conservative Party candidate for Governor of New York, In 1994, he was Republican Party candidate for New York State Comptroller.
  • Kenneth R. Weinstein - Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - was managing director of the Shalem Center, with offices in Jerusalem and Washington, D.C.
  • Alan W. Dowd - Director, Indianapolis Office

Board of Trustees

  • Jeffrey T. Bergner – President of the PR firm Bergner, Bockorny, Castagnetti, Hawkins & Brain, Inc. Senate lobbying records for 2003 show that their clients include Monsanto for which the firm was paid $100,000 in the first half of 2003. Issues the company worked on for Monsanto include “biotechnology acceptance” and the controversial growth hormone BST. Other clients listed in the Senate lobbying records for 2003 included Biogen, Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo Smith Kline, Petroleum Marketers Assn of America, Phrma and NewsCorp.
  • Conrad Black - ex-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hollinger International Inc, ex-owner of the Daily Telegraph
  • Linden S. Blue - vice chairman of General Atomics, a diversified international high technology company with world leadership positions in fusion, fission, and training research and isotope nuclear reactors.
  • Rudy Boschwitz - Ex republican Senator and President Bush Senior emissary to Ethiopia in the spring of 1991.
  • Charles H. Brunie – Chairman Emeritus of Oppenheimer Capital
  • Joseph Epstein - lecturer at Northwestern University
  • Joseph M. Giglio - Chairman of President Reagan’s National Council on Public Works Improvement
  • Roy Innis - Roy Innis is national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and is on the board of the National Rifle Association. Roy Innis is the father of Niger Innis, the spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
  • Paul J. Klaassen - Founder - Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Assisted Living.
  • Marie-Josee Kravis – Senior Fellow at Hudson. On the Board of Ford.
  • Andre B. Lacy - chairman and CEO of LDI, Ltd.,
  • L. Ben Lytle - health care specialist
  • Robert H. McKinney - is chairman of First Indiana Corporation,
  • John M. Mutz - is the former president of PSI Energy, a former Republican lieutenant governor of Indiana,
  • Neil H. Offen - is president and chief executive officer of Direct Selling Association (DSA)
  • Richard N. Perle – AEI and PNAC (see AEI)
  • Steuart L. Pittman - lawyer
  • George A. Schaefer, Jr. - Banker
  • Wallace O. Sellers - Chairman of Natural Gas Services, Inc.
  • Max Singer – Senior Hudson Fellow
  • Walter P. Stern - He is Chairman and a Director of Capital International – Chairman of Hudson
  • Stephen A. Stitle - Banker
  • Allan R. Tessler - Chairman and CEO of JNet Enterprises, Inc
  • Jeffrey H. Thomasson - CEO and managing director of Oxford Financial Group, Ltd
  • Ambassador Curtin Winsor Jr - ex-Republican amdassador
  • John C. Wohlstetter - A senior fellow for technology and society with Discovery Institute

Trustees emeriti also include:

  • Thomas J. Donohue - president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • James H. Dowling – from PR firm Burson-Marsteller
  • Alan Hubbard - From 1990 to 1992, he served as deputy chief of staff to the Vice President of the United States and executive director of the President’s Council on Competitiveness
  • Dan Quayle (honorary)– Republican Vice President under Bush Senior.

Research /Adjunct Fellows / Scholars of Interest

  • Dennis Avery - Center for Global Food Issues Senior Fellow – works on agriculture and biotechnology. Avery is also on the Advisory board of ACSH (see below)
  • Alex Avery – Director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at Hudson (see below).
  • Michael Fumento – Senior Fellow – Has done the rounds of the right. Ex- American Enterprise Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Consumer Alert, and Reason magazine[11]. On the Science Advisory Board of the Wise Use Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow along with known climate sceptics and industry apologists Sallie Baliunas C. Balling, Bruce Ames, Roger Bate, Hugh Ellsaesser, Michael Fumento, Sherwood B. Idso, Patrick J. Michaels, A. Alan Moghissi, Frederic Seitz, Gerd-Rainer Weber, and Elizabeth Whelan.

Projects

The institute also runs a number of projects with specific focuses:

Principals and board members

Affiliations

External Resources

Contact

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 2009 this description has disappeared from the Hudson Institute's website, but it can still be found on the WorthwhileLink.com website, at "Literature and Culture/U.S. Culture", WorthwhileLink.com website, accessed March 23 2009
  2. ↑ Hudson Institute 2002 Annual Report, cited by Sourcewatch
  3. ↑ Herman Kahn, On Thermonuclear War, Greenwood Press, 1978
  4. ↑ "Meet our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
  5. ↑ "Hudson scholars", Hudson Institute website, version archived 17 September 2002, accessed in web archive March 23 2009
  6. ↑ Avery, Dennis T. 1998c. The Hidden Dangers in Organic Food. American Outlook Magazine 1(3):19-22, Fall.
  7. ↑ Marian Burros, "Eating well: Anti-organic, and flawed", New York Times, 17 February 1999, accessed March 23 2009
  8. ↑ "Hudson Institute, Inc.", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009
  9. ↑ Donors Trust, 990 Form, 2014
  10. ↑ Donors Trust, 990 Form, 2013
  11. ↑ Donors Trust, 990 Form, 2012
  12. ↑ "2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
  13. ↑ "2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
  14. ↑ "2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
  15. ↑ "Paula Dobriansky", Rightweb, accessed March 23 2009
  16. ↑ "Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.", Institute for Health Technology Studies website, accessed March 23 2009
  17. ↑ "Daniels Will Head Hudson Institute", Futurist, Sep/Oct87, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p50-50, archived on EBSCO Host Connection website (subscription required for full article), accessed March 23 2009
  18. ↑ "Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.", Institute for Health Technology Studies website, accessed March 23 2009
  19. ↑ Joe Fahy, "Hudson Institute proposes that two-parent families should have preference in receiving public aid", Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, 9 September 1996, archived on AccessMyLibrary.com website (subscription required for full article), accessed March 23 2009.
  20. ↑ "John C. Weicher", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
  21. ↑ "Hudson Bookstore", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
  22. ↑ "The Conservative Movement Moves In", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009
  23. ↑ "Dr. Bruno V. Manno", Mackinac Center for Public Policy website, accessed March 23 2009
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